Mel C cuts an elegant figure in grey suit as she attends Cheltenham Literature Festival

Mel C cut an elegant figure as she attended the 2022 Cheltenham Literature Festival on Friday.

The 48-year-old singer promoted her new autobiography Who I Am at the festival, which describes her childhood and gained fame with the Spice Girls.

The hitmaker looked stylish at the event in a gray blazer which she wore with matching trousers.

Mel, whose full name is Melanie Chisholm, also wore a matching cardigan and fuchsia top.

The star added height to her frame with a pair of dark heels and styled her brunette locks in loose waves.

The outing comes after Mel revealed how she was banned from dating in the early days of the Spice Girls — while her bandmates were free to pursue romances.

Discussing her new autobiography with Australian The Project, the singer said Mel B, Emma Bunton, Geri Halliwell and Victoria Beckham could have dated at the height of the girl group’s fame, but she wasn’t.

Style: The 48-year-old singer promoted her new autobiography Who I Am at the festival, which describes her childhood and gained fame with the Spice Girls

Outfit: The hitmaker looked stylish at the event in a gray blazer she wore with matching trousers

She said, “Looking back, it was a rule for some and the other for the others, right?”

“I think if you’re vulnerable too, people go, I don’t think it’s good for you.”

Mel said the rule for the other women was ‘she’s fine, she can have a boyfriend, she can handle having a boyfriend, she’s strong enough, but not you’.

“You’re going to ask yourself if you’re already vulnerable,” Mel added.

Radiant: Mel, whose full name is Melanie Chisholm, also wore a matching cardigan and fuchsia top

Flawless: The star added height to her frame with a pair of dark heels and styled her brunette locks in loose waves

The singer also recently revealed she hopes to reunite with all five Spice Girls for further shows, after revealing they will be headlining Glastonbury.

The group broke up in 2000, before briefly reuniting in 2007.

They got together again for a tour in 2019 – but for the first time they were a quartet when Victoria chose not to return.

Candid: The outing comes after Mel revealed how she couldn’t date in the early days of the Spice Girls — while her bandmates were free to pursue romances (pictured with the Spice Girls in 1996)